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Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco
5.0


A classic 1970’s haunted house story that is recommended to fans of Shirly Jackson’s [b:The Haunting of Hill House|89717|The Haunting of Hill House|Shirley Jackson|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327871336s/89717.jpg|3627]


Simply put it’s a tale about a Brooklyn housewife and her family, who becomes obsessed with a mansion they rent as a holiday home one Summer. Are the family falling apart or is the house possessed? This is up to the reader to work out.

I guessed the story arc and ending almost from the first chapter and yet this read was a gripping descent into a families dark madness that kept me enthralled until the last sentence.

Recommended to fans of Shirley Jackson. I read this on audio and the narrator R.C. Bray is highly recommended.